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Colorado Eviction Cases Can Begin In 30 Days Under Governor’s New Order
Tenants in Colorado will have 30 days to pay back rent before evictions can proceed.
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Colorado Lawmakers Prepare To Send $180 Million Tax Bill To Governor
If it passes, money will be spent on schools and to provide tax credits to lower income earners. Gov. Polis threatened to veto an earlier version.
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Medicaid, Schools, Pregnancy, Opioids: Here’s Where Colorado’s Cuts May Hurt
Budget cuts could lead to unwanted pregnancies and overdose deaths, experts warn.
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Hickenlooper Owes Colorado $2,750 For Ethics Violations
They looked over screenshots from car booking websites, considered the cost of commercial airfare to Connecticut and did some advanced guesstimation.
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The End Is Near
The legislature is on its final sprint to adjournment and we’ll catch you up on everything they’ve done, and are still trying to do.
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Colorado Eviction Ban Set To Expire Saturday After Democrats’ Proposal Disintegrates
A last-minute effort to keep the moratorium in place into the fall for people harmed by the coronavirus pandemic failed to gain traction in the state Senate.
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Romanoff Vs. Hickenlooper: Meet The Men Squaring Off In The Democratic Senate Primary
Both men have long histories in Colorado politics. But if their resumes aren’t exactly top of mind for you, we’re here to introduce them all over again.
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In The First Colorado Senate Primary Debate, Romanoff Attacks Hickenlooper While Hickenlooper Attacks Gardner
When the candidates met for their first one-on-one debate, instead of speaking from a stage, though, they met Kyle Clark via video link.
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Ethics Commission Concludes Hickenlooper Violated Colorado’s Gift Ban For Public Officials
The commission concluded Hickenlooper crossed the line with a private plane flight to the commissioning of a U.S. Navy submarine, as well as when he accepted luxurious meals and other perks during a conference in Italy.
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What Is John Hickenlooper’s Ethics Complaint About?
The former governor is in the midst of an ethics investigation that could loom large over his current Senatorial ambitions. What’s the substance of the complaint, who brought it, and how does Hickenlooper defend himself? We’ve got your answers.
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Protests, Policing, And Education Cuts
Last week lawmakers were laying aside even the most popular bills to make room to focus on the pandemic. But the past week of protests have pushed a new issue to the top of the agenda: police reform.
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‘Disrespect For The Rule Of Law’: Colorado Ethics Commission Holds Hickenlooper In Contempt For Skipping Hearing
The Independent Ethics Commission voted unanimously to hold Hickenlooper in contempt and reconvene the hearing Friday after Hickenlooper didn’t show in spite of a subpoena.
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Hickenlooper Ethics Hearing Still On For Thursday After Judge Rejects Delay
Hickenlooper’s team went to court to request a delay until the hearing can happen in person, but a judge said they must accept that virtual proceedings “are the norm” right now.
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Lost Unemployment, Labor Complaints, Fear: Inside Colorado’s 1,100 Work Refusal Cases
What’s safe? Who should have to go back to work? Who is enforcing the rules? What to know if you don’t feel safe returning to work during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Brianna Titone Wants To Revive A Bill That Would Ban The ‘Gay Panic Defense’ In Colorado
Titone said the bill is especially relevant given the current Black Lives Matter movement and that Black transgender women, in particular, are assaulted and murdered at disproportionate rates.
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Ethics Commission Subpoenas Hickenlooper, Setting Up Legal Faceoff Before Thursday Hearing
Hickenlooper’s attorney argued that a virtual hearing would violate his rights, and will continue to fight efforts to get him to testify remotely.